Abstract:
A communication system and method for a selective call transceiver (122) to automatically request deferment of transmission of messages received by the paging terminal (100) from a caller via a telephone network when the selective call transceiver (122) is turned off. The paging terminal greets the caller with a voice message from a user of the selective call transceiver indicating message deferment is active for the selective call transceiver. The deferred messages are stored in a message queue (218) of the paging terminal for a period that the selective call transceiver is off. When the selective call transceiver is turned on, the selective call transceiver automatically requests forwarding of messages from the paging terminal and, in response, the paging terminal transmits deferred messages.